Do you love to travel? I am obsessed with travel! I love road trips, exploring a new area, and exotic adventures abroad. As I learn more about waste I am making it my mission to travel more sustainably. And over the last month I have really been focused on zero waste traveling on a local scale. I define […]
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Zero Waste Breakfast Bites
I absolutely LOVE breakfast. I could happily eat breakfast for any meal of the day. But during the work week I often don’t have time eat a quality breakfast; usually I am eating and simultaneously gathering my scattered belongings and running out the door to work. These Zero Waste Breakfast Bites are the perfect to-go […]
12 Months to Becoming a Zero Waste Home
For the month of February I set a goal for myself to grocery shop waste free. When heading out to do my Sunday grocery shopping, I brought cloth bags for dried goods, mesh bags for produce, and jars for things like liquid sweeteners and spices. I also adjusted what I was purchasing so that items were package […]
My month of waste free grocery shopping
I set a challenge for myself to grocery shop waste free for the month of February. For the last 28 days I have tried to purchase all of my groceries totally unpackaged while also incorporating new shopping techniques, like shopping the bulk aisle, bringing my own cloth bags for breads and grains, and bringing my own jars […]
Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Porridge (Grain Free, Dairy Free)
This is a great zero waste breakfast as you can get all the ingredients in the bulk section or without packaging in the produce section (and it is delicious!). And it’s a great way to use up those ground almonds from making your own almond milk. I have been devouring this recipe over the winter […]
A Zero Waste Valentines Day
I love my husband. He is sweet, kind, thoughtful, attentive, and very good looking. Over the five years we have been together he has become an excellent gift giver. He has bought and made me items that I love. He is pretty much the best. Now that we are transitioning to a zero waste lifestyle, I […]
If you give a mouse a cookie… he will want a glass of almond milk
On my zero waste journey I have been asked this question: how do you plan to buy milk? My husband likes regular ol’ dairy milk and we are lucky that our local Co-Op sells milk in glass jugs from Castle Rock Organic Farms in Osseo, WI. But I strayed away from milk long ago and most recently […]